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Amesite Analcime & Sanidine

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Amesite Analcime & Sanidine

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Description
Locality: 
Prudeux, Saint-Babel, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Many creamy white crystals in cavities with Analcime and Sanadine crystals. Few cavities around the sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amesite

Formula: 
Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

Sanidine

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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I offer you samples of minerals from my discoveries in the field and various transactions.

Shipments are carefully packaged and protectively wrapped to prevent damage in transit.Micromounts are always sent in a box ( 25x25x22 mm) and placed in a bubble envelope. The prices depend on the size of the sample: Below 3cm, they are ine buble envelope and shipped at the letter rate. The price includes material, shipping costs, paypal fees and customs taxes for international. Above 3cm, they are sent in a box and shipped in COLLISSIMO. The prices depend on the weight and refer to the current prices. I systematically apply discounts on shipping costs for several items.